Soft-tread horseshoe



J. GLEASON. SOFT TREAD HORSESHOE.

No. 539,053, Patented May 14, 1895.

STATES,

PATENT Fries.

J AMES GLEASON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SOFT-TREAD HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,053, dated May 14, 1895.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES GLEASON, of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a full, clear,

cure the pad in place, which it is usual to use in connection with these kinds of shoes; sub.-

stantially as hereinafter fully described, and

as illustrated in the drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of my invention, looking at it from underneath. Fig. 2 is a plan view of its under side. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section taken on the dotted lines 3 3 of Fig. 2. a

In the drawings A represents the top-plate of my improved horse shoe, which conforms to the usual shape of the common horse shoe, and is provided with an outer wall adepending 'down from its outer edge, and an inner wall 12 depending down from its inner edge.

The outer wall a continues around the ends of each arm or branch of the shoe, and terminates in spurs c, c, which, as shown, point forward. The inner wall (9 is cutaway commencing from a point just to the rear of the centers of length of each branch of the shoe and extending to the base of the spurs 0, so as to form recesses d through which the ends of a felt pad B, or pad of any other suitable material, may be passed, so as to enable their being secured to the top-plate A. This felt pad is secured in place by means of a pin 6 projecting down from the top-plate of each f diranch of the shoe, preferably just to the rear of the point where the recesses d commence, assisted by the spurs c. When the pad is secured to the shoe, its ends are forced down under the undercut shoulders of the spurs,

- and over the pins, which are pointed to permit this being done, and then the projecting points ofthe pins are upset or bent laterally, and the spurs are bentby the blows of a ham- Application filed February 20,1895. Serial No. 539.093. (N0 model.)

mer or other tool so as to clinch the pad securely.

The pad B may be but a strip of thick felt of alength sufficient to extend from the outer wall of one to the outer wall of the other branch of the shoe, and is of a width corresponding to the length of recesses cl. As thus constructed the pad would protect the rear of the frog of the hoof. When the frog of the hoof is sore or diseased, however, any upward pressure on any part of it, and especially at the forward angle thereof coming just to the rear of the toe of the shoe irritates and pains the animal. For this reason felt padshave been made so as to fill up the entire space between the branches of the shoe, from the heel to the toe thereof, substantially as shown iii the drawings. The forward part of the pad 13, back of the toe of the shoe has heretofore been left unsecured, and had more or less independent movement and could be pressed up against the hoof. I preven b this independent and upward movement of the pad in two ways. In the first place, I bevel the rear surface f of the inner wall b located back of the toe of the shoe, so that the pad finds a seat there when it is pressed upward, up beyond which it will not pass,and, in the second place, I provide said beveled surface, with a rearwardly projecting lug g, the under surface of which is beveled and which has an eye made vertically through it. By running a piece of wire through the forward end of the pad and through this lug g I can by suitably twisting the ends of the wire together, or otherwise, securely fasten the pad.

In constructing a horse-shoe of the kind to which my invention relates, due regard must be had for nailing the same to the hoof. This is done by providing the outer wall of the shoe with insets where the nailholes occur.

In my invention, in order to give plenty of.

room for the manipulation of the blacksmiths tools when shoeing a horse, I make these in-.

toe of the shoe with an inset E which likewise is long enough to include two nail-holes within its limits.

In order to complete the construction of my invention, the channel made by the walls a.

and b, is, after the pad B is secured in place, filled with tarred rope, substantially as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. This is usually done before the shoe is put on the hoof, and the tarred rope is packed in tightly so that there is small probability of its working loose and falling out.

What I claim as new is- A horseshoe comprisinga top-plate and an outer and an inner wall depending down from the outer and inner edges thereof, said outer wall having insets therein of such length as to inclose two nailholes, and continuing around the extremities of each branch of the shoe and terminating in spurs c, and said inner wall being provided with recesses d, and back of the toe of the shoe having its rear surfaces f beveled and provided with a lugg with an eye in it, and said top-plate being provided with pins e, which project downward from each branch thereof at points near the ends of recesses cl farthest from said spurs, as

set forth.

. JAMES GLEASON.

Witnesses:

THEO. B. HELLER, FRANK D. THOMASON. 

